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Police arrest 93 in anti-drug raids in Dhaka
Police have arrested 93 people on charges of selling and using drugs after raiding hotpsots in the capital.
Published : 8 June 2018, 02:50 PM
Updated : 8 June 2018, 02:50 PM
Dhaka Metropolitan Police spokesman Md Masudur Rahman said personnel from police stations and the Detective Branch launched the raids on Thursday morning.
They seized 22,448 yaba pills, 854 packs of heroin, around 3kg marijuana and 47 sleeping pills during the raids that ended on Friday morning.
Masudur said 59 cases were started against the suspects under the Narcotics Control Act.
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